Tug-fastener



(No Model.) I. BALOUN.

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tl'Nrrnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IGNATIUS BALOUN, OF CANTON, OHIO.

TUG-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 328,449, dated October20, 1885.

Application filed March 16, 1885. Serial No. 159,118. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IGNATIUS BALOUN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Canton, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Tug-Fasteners, which is fullyset forth and described in the specifications and drawings.

My invention relates to an improvement in tug-fasteners, and the objectis to provide a fastener that is self-adjusting and that will hold orfasten the tug securelyin the desired working position.

With these ends in view my invention consists, first, of a loop pivotedor hinged to or near the end of a single-tree in such a way that the tugmay be passed through the loop and onto the end of the single-tree;second, in a combination of a singlelree and a ferrule with shoulder orlug thereon to which is pivoted a tongueless buckle or loop; third, in acombination of a single-tree, aferrule and loop, as above mentioned, anda cockeye, as will be hereinafter explained, and pointed out in theclaim.

To enable others skilled in the art to understand my invention, I willdescribe its construction and operation.

Figure 1 shows my invention as applied to and used in combination with asingle-tree, A,- the end of which passes through the eye of the tug B inplace of the common hook or cockeye, and is composed of a metal ferrule,O, with a shoulder or lug, D, on one side, to which is attached by apivoted connection, E, a tongueless buckle or loop, F. Fig. 2 is an endview of the single-tree, showing the tug B as passed through the loop Fand over the end of the single-tree A. Fig. 3 is a front view orelevation of the parts referred to in Fig. 1.. Fig.

4 shows another method of applying my in vention to singletrees now inuse by the substitution of the plate G in place of the ferrule O, and towhich the loop is pivoted. lhis plate may be fastened to the ferrule Hor single-tree with a common wood screw. Fig. 5 shows my invention whenused in combination with a single-tree and any of the common orwellknown hooks or cockeyes, and' is composed of asingle tree, I,open-ended ferrule J, with its shoulder or lug D, and the loop F pivotedthereto, and a cockeye, K, as shown.

The object of this invention, as above stated, is to provide aselfadjusting fastening, the operation of which is as follows: The loopF is moved forward and the tug B is passed through,

as seen in Fig. 4, and over the end of the sin;

gle-tree or cockeye, as the case may be. The forward draft on the tug Bwill cause the loop F to move back to a position about parallel with thefront of the single-tree, thus drawing and securely holding the tugagainst the end of the ferrule or shoulder on the single-tree. To unhookthe tug, the loop F is moved forward and the tug pulled off the cockeyeor end of single-tree and out of the loop.

Having thus fully described the construction and operation of myinvention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

The combination, with a single-tree and ferrules secured to the endsthereof, each errule provided with a forwardly-extending bearing, ofaloop secured to each bearing and adapted to operate substantially asset forth.

IG-NATIUS BALOUN.

\Vitnesses:

A. GILLIAM, OHAs. It. MILLER.

